![]() ![]() Each day had a passage of Scripture and then lined spaces to fill in the answers to two questions: At the beginning of the school year we were given a quiet time diary which contained a Bible reading plan for the entire year. Prayer: End by praying appropriately, especially asking God to help the young people to read their bibles.When I entered sixth grade, I began attending the youth group at our church and started learning about this thing called “Daily Quiet Time”. The Word For You – UCB do 2 free publications, one aimed at everyone and one aimed at young people, it contains a daily bible thought, alongside some passages to read, if you don’t have time for paper it’s even available to read on-line.ġ.Choose a time when you’re not rushed or stressed, try and make it a regular habit (it only takes 3 weeks to form a habit)Ģ.Choose a place where you are relaxed and won’t be disturbed.Īsk the group to think of some ideal placesģ.Begin by praying and ask God to speak to you through your readingġ.Don’t just switch off and let your mind wander!Īsk yourself: ‘What does this say? What does this mean?Īsk: Ask the group if they have problems reading the bible, offer a chance to help them. The Bible In A Year – Some bibles have a yearly reading plan, or you can buy bibles set out into a yearly plan. If you wanted a daily reading there are a few things you can use to help. If you’re thinking of a particular issue youth bibles have a whole list of themes you can look up, it might help you with something going on in your life. When we read the bible though we learn more about God, we can read the things he’s done, the things Jesus tells us to do, have a deeper insight of his power and get to know him more.Įxplain: For example if I’d never met any of you but I’d read one of your diaries when I met that person I’d know more about them than I would if I hadn’t.Īnother reason we should read the bible is that God speaks to us through it, I can think of times when I’ve flicked through the bible and read a passage randomly that relates exactly to something going on in my life, it’s like an answer to prayer!īible: Ask the group to look at 2 Timothy 3:16-17Įxplain: Reading the bible is difficult! It’s easy to find other things to do, it’s easy to fill up our day without including God (everyone does it) so here are some tips to help you read your bible regually. 1 kings, 2 kings count as 2 books)Įxplain: It’s harder than it looks! The reason the people of the day learnt the entire Old Testament was because it was the rules they lived by and they didn’t own their own bibles, there was 1 per village if they were lucky! (Ideas might be getting to know God, learning more, told to)Įxplain: In Jesus day by the age of 10 Jewish boys would know the first five books of the bible off by heart, that is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.īy the age of 13 the top students would have the entire Old Testament memorised.Īsk: What do you think of that? Do you think you could have managed it? Can you even name the books of the Old Testament?Īctivity: Ask the group to name all 39 books of the Old Testament (or try), give them 39 Balloons and get them to write a OT book on each. ![]() Ice Breaker: Get the group to write down everything they know about the bible (content, history etc.) on a piece of paperĪsk: Ask the group if they think what’s written down is everything in the bible? Ask if anyone else said something they didn’t know about?Įxplain: If we had got the entire congregation here and perhaps a few theologists and a few priests chances are that we’d have still missed out a lot of the bible, there’s probably loads missing from that list! The aim of this morning is not to discover the entire bible but for us to think about what it means to read the bible, and perhaps more importantly what it means to read it daily.Įxplain: We’re not going to check up on you of take a survey of how often you read your bible, but we’re going to look at some ways of doing it and why we should.Īsk: Ask the group to think of reasons we read the bible. worksheets etc): Take-away sheet – click to download Required: take-away sheets (attached), pens, paper, flip-chart, balloons, marker pensĮxtra Files Needed (i.e. Suitable For Ages 11 upwards (although projects are better for older teenagers to do) A session helping young people to think about why they should read the bible and helping them to explore how to do this effectively ![]()
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